Improvement in corsets



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ROBERT.. E. CROSS, OF SAME-PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 90,950, dated Jil-ue 8, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

'To all whom. it may concern,-

Be it known that I, HENRY E. MARCHAND, of the city of Louisville, county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ladies Corsets, entitled Henry E. Marchands Self-Adjusting Elastic Corset.

The nature oi' my invention consists incertain improvements in the construction of corsets, hereinatter more fully set iigrth.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use, my invention, I will proceed to vdescribe its construction and operation, which are as follows;

Figure l is a view of the back of the corset, showing its shape when distended. v

K is the corset, and is made. of linen suitable for the purpose.

A is an elastic belt around the waist, for the purpose of rendering the corset elastic, and is made of gum, about one and one-half inch wide, and is covered with oil silk, in order to protect it from the perspiration of the body of' the wearer; said belt A, having a zinc plate B, ,attached to one end, about four inches long, and covered with any soft n1ate.

rial, to prevent its chaiing, and in order to operate as a support to the back and over said plate B, there is a buckle, C, for the purpose of adjusting the same to the proper size.

I and J are four small gum bands, inserted diagonally in the upper and lower corners of' the back, in

order toAkeep it properly adjusted to the body, while in any position, without strain or chating.

L are the whalebone slips for the purpose of keeping it inL shape.

vFigure 2 is a view of the steel ribs of the front, constituting the front fastenings.

D D are the ribs, made of spring-steel, about onehalf inch wide, and of the thickness of light clock-l Ispring.

E E E are catches, by which the corset is fastened in front, and are cnt ont of No. 15 sheet-brass, with a punch, or die.

G is a small cord attached to one of the catches, and by pulling down on it, all the catches are `detached at the same time, and hence removes the corset with ease.

H H H are the small brass pins to which .the catches E E E, attach themselves, when fastened, or in use'.

Figure 3 is a View of the front of the corset, showing how the fastenings D D are arranged, and also how the cord Gr is attached to the catches E E E; and

also how the whalebone slips L are inserted in thesame. v

The above is a full description of the construction of the above improvement, and is operated inthe same manner as the ordinary corset, except in the manner of attaching ondetaching it, which is Pdone by pulling down gently on the cord G, which detaches all the catches at the same time, which makes it easily removed.

I am aware ofthe patent granted to Clara Z. Cum- 

